Nd

Name: Nd, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

abbrev

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Nd” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,965) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,965
frequency rank, German: 1,954
“N” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neodym

Corpus desk

Index DE-nd · Nd · German

Nd · rank #7,965 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,965
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-0 0 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,954
PHOTO-FINISH menschlich

Nearest frequency peer: menschlich (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Maas

92,039
meldete

92,038
menschlich

92,037
Nd

92,036
NDR

92,035
Netzwerke

92,034

What this shows Balken platzieren „Nd“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Nd vs Ne

50% similar

Nd vs NS

50% similar

Nd vs Ni

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Nd
Property	Value
Headword	Nd
Language	German
Part of speech	Abbreviation
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#7,965
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Nd“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Ndliegt auf dieser Marke:

#7,965

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „menschlich“ (#7,964), „NDR“ (#7,966), „meldete“ (#7,963). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nd“ bei #7,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Nd is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ne", "NS", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #7,965 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Gloss: "Neodym".

Nd has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ne", "NS", "Ni", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Nd, spelled N-D.

Definition

1
Neodym

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Nd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Nd → Nd³⁺ + 3 e⁻

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nd"?

"Nd" is spelled N-D.

What does "Nd" mean?

As an abbreviation, "Nd" means: Neodym

What words are commonly confused with "Nd"?

"Nd" is commonly confused with "Ne", "NS", "Ni". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "Nd" come from?

"Nd" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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